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See also: Humor, humör, and humør

English

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Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hjuː.mə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA(key): /ˈhjuːmɚ/, /ˈjuːmɚ/, [ˈçjuːmɚ]
Audio (US): (file)
Hyphenation: hu‧mor
Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun

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humor (usually uncountable, plural humors)

US spelling of humour. He was in a particularly vile humor that afternoon.
- 1763, Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz, History of Louisiana, PG, page 40:For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
- 1987, Gerald Ford, “What's So Funny About the Presidency?”, in Humor and the Presidency‎[1], New York: Arbor House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15:There are two ways to become an authority on humor. The first way is to be one of the perpetrators. You know them: comedians, satirists, cartoonists, and impersonators. The second way to gain such credentials is to be the victim of their merciless talents. As such a victim, I take a backseat to no one as far as humor is concerned.

Verb

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humor (third-person singular simple present humors, present participle humoring, simple past and past participle humored)

US spelling of humour. I know you don't believe my story, but humor me for a minute and imagine it to be true.

Derived terms

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dishumor
humorfic
humorful
humorise
humorism
humorize
humorless
humorsome
neurohumor
outhumor

Related terms

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humorous

Anagrams

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mohur

Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmor, hūmōrem.

Noun

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humor m (plural humores)

mood (mental state)
humour

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmōrem.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): (Central) [uˈmor]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [uˈmo]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [uˈmoɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)

Noun

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humor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural humors)

humour

Derived terms

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humorós

Related terms

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humit

Czech

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈɦumor]
Audio: (file)

Noun

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humor m inan

humor (US), humour (UK) (source of amusement)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	humor	humory
genitive	humoru	humorů
dative	humoru	humorům
accusative	humor	humory
vocative	humore	humory
locative	humoru	humorech
instrumental	humorem	humory

Derived terms

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humorista m
humorný
smysl pro humor m

Danish

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Etymology

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From Latin (h)ūmor (“fluid”). Doublet of humør (“spirits, mood”). The modern use of this word for mental processes goes back to Ancient and Medieval theories about the four fluids of the body.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /huːmɔr/, [ˈhuːmɐ]

Noun

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humor c (singular definite humoren, not used in plural form)

humour (amusement and the sense of amusement)

Declension

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commongender	singular
commongender	indefinite	definite
nominative	humor	humoren
genitive	humors	humorens

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English humor (US), from Old French humor (“bodily fluid”), from Latin hūmor. Doublet of humeur (“mood, mental state”).

The meaning of humor as in "a sense of amusement" entered Dutch from the US spelling of humour around ~1839.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈɦymɔr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ymɔr
Hyphenation: hu‧mor

Noun

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humor m (plural humoren or humores, no diminutive)

(uncountable) humour (sense of amusement)
(countable, archaic or historical) humour (bodily fluid) [from the 15th c.]

Derived terms

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antihumor
galgenhumor
humorloos
kantoorhumor
puberhumor
voetbalhumor
zwarte humor

Related terms

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humeur
humoristisch

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmor.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈhumor]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: hu‧mor
Rhymes: -or

Noun

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humor (plural humorok)

humour, humor (the quality of being amusing, comical, or funny)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	humor	humorok
accusative	humort	humorokat
dative	humornak	humoroknak
instrumental	humorral	humorokkal
causal-final	humorért	humorokért
translative	humorrá	humorokká
terminative	humorig	humorokig
essive-formal	humorként	humorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	humorban	humorokban
superessive	humoron	humorokon
adessive	humornál	humoroknál
illative	humorba	humorokba
sublative	humorra	humorokra
allative	humorhoz	humorokhoz
elative	humorból	humorokból
delative	humorról	humorokról
ablative	humortól	humoroktól
non-attributivepossessive – singular	humoré	humoroké
non-attributivepossessive – plural	humoréi	humorokéi

Possessive forms of humor

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	humorom	humoraim
2nd person sing.	humorod	humoraid
3rd person sing.	humora	humorai
1st person plural	humorunk	humoraink
2nd person plural	humorotok	humoraitok
3rd person plural	humoruk	humoraik

Derived terms

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humorizál
humoros

Compound words

akasztófahumor
humorérzék

Related terms

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humorista

References

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^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling of ūmor found in the later Roman Empire, when the letter h had already become silent. See also the related hūmidus.

Alternative forms

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ūmor

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhuː.mɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor]
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor]

Noun

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hūmor m (genitive hūmōris); third declension

liquid, fluid, humour
- 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes 3.12:Lacrimae perēdēre hūmōre exsanguēs genās.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

singular	plural
nominative	hūmor	hūmōrēs
genitive	hūmōris	hūmōrum
dative	hūmōrī	hūmōribus
accusative	hūmōrem	hūmōrēs
ablative	hūmōre	hūmōribus
vocative	hūmor	hūmōrēs

Derived terms

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exhūmōrō
hūmōrōsus

Descendants

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→ Asturian: humor
→ Catalan: humor
→ Czech: humor
→ Danish: humor
→ Esperanto: humuro (via descendants)
→ German: Humor (see there for further descendants)
⇒ Hebrew: הומור
→ Hungarian: humor
→ Ido: humuro (via descendants)
Italian: umore, omore
Ladino: umor
→ Macedonian: хумор (humor)
→ Old Galician-Portuguese: humor, umor
- Portuguese: humor
→ Old French: humor, humour (less common)
- French: humeur (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle Dutch: humuere
  - Dutch: humeur (see there for further descendants)
- → Middle English: humour, humore, umour, humor, humur, humer
  - English: humour (see there for further descendants)
  - Scots: humour
→ Spanish: humor

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhʊ.mɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuː.mor]

Verb

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humor

first-person singular present passive indicative of humō

References

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“humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“humor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

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Noun

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humor

alternative form of humour

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmor, via German Humor and English humour or humor.

Noun

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humor m (definite singular humoren)

humour (UK) or humor (US)

Derived terms

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galgenhumor

References

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“humor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmor, via German Humor and English humour or humor.

Noun

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humor m (definite singular humoren)

humor (US) or humour (UK)

Derived terms

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galgenhumor

References

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“humor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

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Alternative forms

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humour (less common)

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmor, hūmōrem.

Noun

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humor m or f

humor (one of four fluids that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body)

Descendants

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French: humeur (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Dutch: humuere
- Dutch: humeur (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle English: humour, humore, umour, humor, humur, humer
- English: humour (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: humour

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:humorWikipedia pl

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin hūmor.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈxu.mɔr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -umɔr
Syllabification: hu‧mor

Noun

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humor m inan (diminutive humorek, related adjective humorny)

(uncountable) humour (ability to see what the funny side of things and make others laugh)
(uncountable) humour (quality of being amusing, comical, funny)
(uncountable) humour (collection of texts or fragments of texts that entertain or make people laugh)
(uncountable) humour, mood (temporary state of mind or disposition brought upon by an event; an abrupt illogical inclination or whim) Synonym: nastrój czarny humor ― dark humour wisielczy humor ― gallows humour poczucie humoru ― sense of humour
1. (uncountable) good mood (mental state characterized by the dominance of positive feelings as a result of the relationship of a person to the surrounding world)
(in the plural) humours (mental state that occurs abruptly and without a cause, manifested by mood variation, dissatisfaction, or anger)
(countable, historical, medicine) humour (any of the fluids in an animal body, especially the four "cardinal humours" of blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm that were believed to control the health and mood of the human body)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	humor	humory
genitive	humoru	humorów
dative	humorowi	humorom
accusative	humor	humory
instrumental	humorem	humorami
locative	humorze	humorach
vocative	humorze	humory

Derived terms

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humoralny
humorowaty
humorzasty
w różowym humorze

nouns

czarny humor
humor sytuacyjny
wisielczy humor

Related terms

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humorystyczny

adverbs

humoralnie
humorystycznie

nouns

humoreska
humorysta
humorystka
humorystyczność
humorystyk
humorystyka
humoryzm
humorzysta
humorzystka

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese umor, humor, a borrowing from Latin hūmōrem (“humour, fluid”).

Pronunciation

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(Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈmoʁ/ [uˈmoh]

(Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈmoʁ/ [uˈmoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /uˈmoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uˈmoʁ/ [uˈmoχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈmoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈmoɾ/

(Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈmoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈmo.ɾi/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
Hyphenation: hu‧mor

Noun

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humor m (plural humores)

mood (mental state) Synonyms: disposição, espírito, temperamento de bom humor ― in a good mood de mau humor ― in a bad mood
- 2006, Eduardo Giffoni Flórido, As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro: 1970-1979‎[2], Fraiha, →ISBN, page 130:Nuno Leal Maia é um grande amigo dos amigos. Quem já conviveu ou convive com ele sabe da sua personalidade alegre e descontraída, sem estrelismo, que cativa as pessoas com o seu bom humor constante.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
humour; bodily fluid
(historical) humour (one of the four basic bodily fluids in humourism) Hyponyms: bile amarela, bile negra, fleuma, sangue
humour (quality of being comical) Synonyms: comédia, comicidade, graça

Derived terms

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bem-humorado
humorado
mal-humorado

bodily fluid

humor vítreo

quality of being comical

humor negro
humorista
humorístico

Related terms

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humoral
humorismo
humoroso

Romanian

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Noun

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humor n (plural humoare)

alternative form of umor

Declension

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singular		plural
indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	humor	humorul	humoare	humoarele
genitive-dative	humor	humorului	humoare	humoarelor
vocative	humorule		humoarelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English humor, from Latin hūmor.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /xǔmor/
Hyphenation: hu‧mor

Noun

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hùmor m inan (Cyrillic spelling ху̀мор)

(uncountable) humor

Declension

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singular
nominative	humor
genitive	humora
dative	humoru
accusative	humor
vocative	humore
locative	humoru
instrumental	humorom

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmōrem. Cognate with English humor.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /uˈmoɾ/ [uˈmoɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: hu‧mor

Noun

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humor m (plural humores)

mood (a mental or emotional state) estar de buen humor ― to be in a good mood
- 2025 November 2, Gloria López, “La embalsamadora que le da vida a la muerte [The embalmer who brings death to life]”, in El Sol de México‎[3]:Escucha música mientras trabaja, rock o reggaetón. La ponen de buen humor.She listens to music as she works; rock or reggaeton. They put her in a good mood.
humor un sentido del humor ― a sense of humor

Derived terms

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cambio de humor
humor ácueo
humor acuoso
humor blanco
humor de perros
humor negro
humorismo
humorista
humorístico
humoroso
mal humor
malhumor
sentido del humor

Related terms

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húmedo
humo

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:humorWikipedia sv

Etymology

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Originally from Latin hūmor (“fluid”), having bodily fluids in good balance, as used in humör (“mood, temper”). The joking sense was derived in England in Shakespeare's time and has been used in Swedish since 1812.

Pronunciation

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Audio: (file)

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humor c

humor ha sinne för humorhave a sense of humor

Declension

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nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	humor	humors
singular	definite	humorn	humorns
plural	indefinite	—	—
plural	definite	—	—

Related terms

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folkhumor
galghumor
humorbefriad
humoresk
humorfri
humorfylld
humorgrupp
humorinslag
humorist
humoristisk
humorlös
humorprogram
humorserie
kalsonghumor
underlivshumor

References

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humor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
humor in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
humor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
humor, humör in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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